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Installing and configuring the main computer

Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, OpenSuse, …).

Supported Operating Systemsīarrier supports all popular operating systems, you will find installation instructions for each of them at /debauchee/barrier and the downloadable versions in /debauchee/barrier/releases. debauchee/barrier, allowing you to download and modify its source code if needed.

The most interesting thing is that in addition to being free, the barrier is open source. It allows you to tell which machine you are controlling, as if you are connected to two or more monitors, by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen or using a key to switch focus between configured computers.

The Barrier does this without the need for a physical device, through software and communicating over the internal network, in order to work, all computers need to be connected to the same network.

The software: Barrier – KVMīarrier is software that mimics the functionality of a KVM switch, which allows the use of a single keyboard, mouse and even monitor to control multiple computers by physically rotating a dial on the device to toggle which machine is currently being controlled. Here in my day-to-day setup I always have two computers, the main one running Windows and an old one with Ubuntu running, and to make this setup as optimized as possible, I use a little program that allows me to control both computers from of the same mouse and keyboard. Do you have two computers and just a keyboard and mouse? Or just want to save time and use an old computer as a second screen? And if I told you that it's possible to share your computer's keyboard and mouse and control more than one computer with them, and that it doesn't matter what operating system your machines have, yes it's possible!

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